Sensor event assessor input/output controller

1. A computer-implemented method for combining sensor output from a plurality of sensors to a single channel of sensor information for a sensor event assessor, the method comprising:

providing a multi-channel sensor input configuration to provide two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel;

automatically querying each of the plurality of sensors to determine a sensor type;

automatically developing a sensor organization strategy based on the sensor type;

receiving electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate,

combining the electronic signals into a single electronic signal; and

providing the single electronic signal over a single channel output to a sensor event assessor.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating a sample rate adjustment to one or more of the plurality of sensors.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining if one or more of the plurality of sensors is operating on battery power.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising:

automatically developing a sensor power adjustment strategy based on the battery power determination; and

communicating a sensor power adjustment to one or more of the plurality of sensors based on the sensor power adjustment strategy.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

periodically querying each of the plurality of sensors to confirm sensor power; and

automatically updating the sensor power adjustment strategy as sensor power changes.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein

the sensor organization strategy comprising:

developing a sensor hierarchy;

establishing a sensor utilization strategy; and

providing a sensor cascade provision for each of the plurality of sensors.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 further comprising:

communicating a sensor organization to each of the plurality of sensors based on the sensor organization strategy.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 further comprising:

periodically querying each of the plurality of sensors to confirm the sensor organization strategy; and

automatically updating the sensor organization strategy as a sensor is added to or removed from the plurality of sensors.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a sensor baseline calibration normal from the electronic signals received from the plurality of sensors; and

automatically providing the baseline calibration information to one or more of the plurality of sensors that are outside of the sensor baseline calibration normal.

10. A sensor input/output controller comprising:

a multi-channel sensor input configuration to provide two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel;

a sensor configuration manager to automatic query of each of the plurality of sensors to determine a sensor type and develop a sensor organization strategy based on the sensor type;

an electronic signal receiver to receive electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate,

a signal combiner to bundle the electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors into a single electronic signal; and

a single channel output to provide the single electronic signal to a sensor event assessor.

11. The sensor input/output controller of claim 10 , wherein the sensor information is transmitted to the input/output controller via a wired connection.

12. The sensor input/output controller of claim 10 , wherein the sensor information is wirelessly transmitted to the input/output controller by a communication technology selected from a group consisting of AM, FM, PCM, GPS, RS232, RS485, USB, firewire, infrared and fiber optic communication technologies.

13. The sensor input/output controller of claim 10 wherein the information included in the electronic signals is selected from the group of event information consisting of: size, position, direction and vector.

14. The sensor input/output controller of claim 10

wherein the sensor configuration manager comprising:

a sensor type determiner;

a sensor sample rate adjustor; and

a sensor power manager.

15. The sensor input/output controller of claim 10 wherein the sensor configuration manager further comprises:

a sensor organization strategy developer to establish a sensor utilization strategy and determine a sensor hierarchy.

16. The sensor input/output controller of claim 10 further comprising:

a sensor baseline calibration module to determine a baseline from the electronic signals received from the plurality of sensors.

17. Instructions on a non-transitory computer-usable medium wherein the instructions when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for combining sensor output from a plurality of sensors to a single channel of sensor information for a sensor event assessor, the method comprising:

providing a multi-channel sensor input configuration to provide two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel;

automatically querying each of the plurality of sensors to determine a sensor type;

automatically developing a sensor organization strategy based on the sensor type, the sensor organization strategy comprising:

developing a sensor hierarchy;

establishing a sensor utilization strategy; and

providing a sensor cascade provision for each of the plurality of sensors;

receiving electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate,

combining the electronic signals into a single electronic signal; and

providing the single electronic signal over a single channel output to a sensor event assessor.

18. The non-transitory computer-usable medium of claim 17 further comprising:

determining power constraints for one or more of the plurality of sensors;

and

automatically enacting a sensor power adjustment strategy based on the sensor types and the power constraints.

19. The non-transitory computer-usable medium of claim 17 further comprising:

determining a sensor baseline calibration normal from the electronic signals received from the plurality of sensors; and

automatically providing the baseline calibration information to one or more of the plurality of sensors that are outside of the sensor baseline calibration normal.

20. The non-transitory computer-usable medium of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving the electronic signal from the sensors in the group consisting of: a magnetic sensor, a chemical sniffer sensor, a millimeter wave sensor, an ultrasound sensor, a seismic sensor, and a laser tripwire.